Yesterday was a good day. After finding out the night prior that the Smashing Pumpkins had announced a tour with Jane’s Addiction, I reached out to a buddy of mine to see if he’d be interested in going, and he and his wife were emphatically on board. I’ve seen the Pumpkins seven times, but I’ve …
The first time I went to London with my bosses, we were on a mission. That mission was to evaluate a few studios around town that could potentially help transfer tapes. At the tail end of our journey, we found ourselves at a studio in the City of Westminster. After a full tour of the …
For a good year or two, I would consistently go to The Baked Potato to see a band called Volto!, a side project of Danny Carey’s, every time they’d play. At that time, the lead singer/keyboardist was a gentleman named Kirk Covington, who also played a small drum kit in the band, which facilitated some …
I’ve seen videos of Alice Cooper talking about the band’s early days and how people would automatically assume that his name was Alice Cooper, despite it really being Vincent Furnier, just because he was the lead singer. When the band Hootie & The Blowfish hit the scene, I kind of did the same thing, assuming …
There was a bar that my parents used to go to after work sometimes, frequently taking me with them. The place was always very quiet when we went. Besides ourselves and the bartender, there would be maybe two or three other people there at the most. I always loved going because I could play video …
Happy Mother’s Day! With today being the official holiday, I wanted to honor my mother and grandmother on their special day by picking a song by each of their favorite artists. As I’ve mentioned in the past, my mom’s favorite artist is Kenny Rogers, and my grandma’s favorite artist is Dean Martin. Coincidentally enough, when …
Mother’s Day weekend seemed to come around so quickly this year, though I suppose that’s what happens when the 1st of May falls on a Sunday and results in Mother’s Day being on the earliest possible date it can. When it comes to songs, there’s certainly no shortage of ones that refer to mothers in …
I was feeling in a movie soundtrack kind of mood when I woke up this morning, and these two composers are a couple of my favorites in that space. I remember seeing both of these movies in the theater as a child and being absolutely mesmerized by each one of them. At this point, I’d …
I watched the first round of the NFL draft last week and waited with bated breath to see who my hometown team, the Detroit Lions, would take, both at the beginning and at the end of the round. Being a long-suffering Lions fan, this was probably one of the most anticipated drafts that I can …
Even if I lost eight of my fingers, I would still have enough left over to count the total number of flute players I could name. One is Ian Anderson of the band Jethro Tull, a group that already appeared relatively early on in this list, and the other is Herbie Mann, for whom today …